DesignAID collaborates on humanitarian and social innovation projects globally. Here's a glimpse of our co-creative projects with partners and own initiatives.

The majority of hospitals in limited resource settings lack facilities to safely dispose of harmful medical waste. Cost prohibitive incinerators lead hospitals to rely on inappropriate alternatives. Contaminated supplies and sharps are dumped on-site and on road sides, left accessible to animals and community, spreading infectious agents that can lead to Sepsis, Hepatitis and HIV transmission.

Early detection and interruption of pathways to sepsis among women, newborns and young children in least developed countries has been a largely neglected and misunderstood issue. Sepsis is the final common pathway to death for nearly all serious childhood infectious illnesses. More...

A young mother gone critically septic after home birth is waiting for help on a pedal rickshaw pad outside the ill-equipped rural hospital, her husband holding their newborn. A young family worrying about their future, hoping for medical help.

As part of DesignCity Luxembourg, Emergenc(e)y is an exhibition focusing on design for humanitarian use and emergency response. DesignAid exhibited the modular emergency shelter units 'TARPAD' and their INDEX: Award nominated 'BAMBULANCE' project.

In collaboration with the rural communities south of the city of Gafsa in Tunisia, we explored the potential to co-create products that generate a local economy in this desert environment based on their heritage, craft and culture.

Global Service Jam, Luxembourg

In March 2011, we launched and hosted Luxembourg's first Global Service Jam Workshop, based around the theme 'SuperHEROES'.